Accounts Payable Associate I — Healthcare Finance

Florida; Melbourne (FL); On-site; USD 33,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual and Sick Leave benefits

Nine paid holidays and one Personal/HO

State Group Insurance (health, life, &

Retirement plan options

Flexible Spending Accounts

Tuition waivers

Job summary

The Florida Department of Health in Florida is seeking an Accountant I for the Finance and Accounting office – Accounts Payable. This role handles a range of financial accounting duties, including processing payments to vendors and reconciling invoices.

Based at the Viera Administration Building in Viera, FL, the position requires experience in AP, data entry, and proficiency with Microsoft Office. The state offers a comprehensive benefits package and opportunities for career development.

Qualifications

• Experience performing independent accounts payable functions in a business setting within the past five years.
• Experience navigating, entering, and retrieving data from various computer systems and databases in a professional work environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Outlook, Word, Teams).
• Preferred: 1-2 years independent processing medical or healthcare accounts payable in the last five years.
• Preferred: Professional experience in financial accounting systems; to enter, track, and retrieve accounts payable data.
• Preferred: Experience applying organizational codes to classify transactions.

Responsibilities

• Performing accounting functions associated with auditing and scheduling of payments to vendors, providers, and other agencies.
• Auditing and preparing invoices and verifying established accounting codes to ensure accuracy prior to disbursement of funds.
• Reconciling, and researching expenditure transactions, data entry, and processing departmental correcting entries.
• Ensure proper documentation for purchasing card charges and reconcile charges through state approved systems.
• Monitoring pending invoices to ensure alignment with Prompt Payment Compliance.
• Maintain vendor payment information and data for services using various databases and organizational codes.
• Serve as back-up to accounts payable team.
• Perform other accounting duties, as required or assigned.

Skills

Accounts payable

Data entry

Microsoft Office

MS Excel

Tools

Financial accounting systems

AP databases

Job description

The Florida Department of Health in Florida is seeking an Accountant I for the Finance and Accounting office – Accounts Payable. This role handles a range of financial accounting duties, including processing payments to vendors and reconciling invoices.

Based at the Viera Administration Building in Viera, FL, the position requires experience in AP, data entry, and proficiency with Microsoft Office. The state offers a comprehensive benefits package and opportunities for career development.